Table 2 Comparisons between the genomes of five tree species in Salicaceae

From: Genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of allotetraploid Salix matsudana Koidz

 

S. purpurea (diploid)

S. suchowensis (diploid)

S. matsudana (tetraploid)

P. euphratica (diploid)

P. trichocarpa (diploid)

Genome size

392 Mb

425 Mb

656 Mb

497 Mb

485 Mb

Assembled genome sequence size

348 Mb

303 Mb

531 Mb

323 Mb

388 Mb

Scaffold N50

190.9 Kb

925.0 Kb

12,349.8 Kb

482.1 Kb

19,500 Kb

Contig N50

45.6 Kb

17.4 Kb

945.8 Kb

40.4 Kb

552.8 Kb

Number of predicted genes

37,865

26,599

57,841

34,279

42,950

Gene density (genes per Mb)

109

88

109

106

111